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Angry JetBlue Attendant Exits Plane on Slide

Next time you're having a bad day on the job, don't follow in the footsteps of JetBlue flight attendant Steven Slater. Instead, take a deep breath and think twice before you do anything you will regret.

The New York Times City Room blog reports Slater, 39, frustrated with a customer who wouldn't follow directions, cursed out the entire plane on the public-address system, activated the inflatable emergency evacuation slide, then slid down it, escaping into John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Police found Slater at his home in Belle Harbor, Queens and charged him with reckless endangerment and criminal mischief.

The incident occurred after a passenger ignored instructions from Slater to stay seated, and got up to reach for his belongings in an overhead compartment. As Slater approached the passenger, his luggage struck the flight attendant in the head.

Upset, Slater asked for an apology, and instead, the passenger told Slater off. The flight attendant then continued on with his tirade, shouting:

"To the passenger who called me a m---f--er, f--- you," Slater ranted over the intercom, passengers said.